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Rice scientists’ discovery could lead to new Alzheimer’s therapies

January 25, 2023

A new approach to the study of amyloid-beta, a peptide associated with Alzheimer’s disease, has led Rice University scientists to findings that could have a significant impact on the understanding and potential treatment of the disease.

Naomi Halas

Naomi Halas named University Professor

January 23, 2023

Rice University has promoted nanotechnology pioneer Naomi Halas to its highest academic rank, University Professor. Halas, a 33-year member of Rice’s faculty, becomes only the 10th person and second woman to earn the title in Rice’s 111-year history.

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Inner ear has a need for speed

January 17, 2023

Rice bioengineers and applied physicists, together with and colleagues at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago, have unlocked the mechanism of the fastest synapses in the human body. A previously hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain, and researchers from Rice University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain.

Jerzy Szablowski

DARPA grant will fund hunt for drug that can keep people warm

January 12, 2023

Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski has won a prestigious DARPA Young Faculty Award to identify nongenetic drugs that can temporarily enhance the human body’s resilience to extreme cold exposure.

Antonios Mikos

Mikos wins Jensen Tissue Engineering Award

December 16, 2022

Bioengineer Antonios Mikos receives the 2023 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award.

Rice University synthetic biology graduate student Maxwell Hunt holds a plate of glowing E. coli

Pathogenic sensor’s surprising capabilities revealed

December 12, 2022

Rice synthetic biologists have uncovered new capabilities of a genetically encoded sensor that allows salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens to sicken millions of people each year.

A Rice University lab is developing encapsulated cellular “drug factories” to treat patients with HIV through a once-a-year implant.

HIV ‘drug factory’ implant promises once-a-year therapy

December 2, 2022

A Rice University lab is developing encapsulated cellular “drug factories” to treat patients with HIV through a once-a-year implant.

Two renowned Rice professors and a longtime backer win 2023 IEEE Awards.

IEEE honors Kavraki, Richards-Kortum, Truchard

November 30, 2022

Two renowned Rice University professors and a longtime backer have won prestigious honors in the 2023 IEEE Awards.

A light-activated catalyst efficiently converts ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen using only inexpensive raw materials.

Rice lab’s catalyst could be key for hydrogen economy

November 24, 2022

A light-activated catalyst efficiently converts ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen using only inexpensive raw materials.

Matriculation 2022 fireworks over Lovett Hall and Sallyport

Strategic planning process to be launched in January

November 22, 2022

President Reginald DesRoches shared the news with the Rice community in an email Nov. 21.

Rice bioengineer Kevin McHugh wins a Distinguished Scientist Award for brain cancer research from The Sontag Foundation.

Brain cancer research draws support

November 21, 2022

Bioengineer Kevin McHugh wins a Distinguished Scientist Award for brain cancer research from The Sontag Foundation.

Lovett Hall at sunset

Rice funds new research collaborations with Houston Methodist

November 14, 2022

Rice and Houston Methodist have awarded seed grants for research in robotics, imaging, cardiovascular bioengineering, and psychological and behavioral health.

GDEC Open House

Rice facility is ‘one-stop shop’ for customizing DNA to fight cancer

November 14, 2022

Rice bioengineers, synthetic biologists and cancer researchers celebrated the opening of Rice’s first CPRIT Core Facility, the Genetic Design and Engineering Center, or GDEC, Nov. 10 at the BRC.

Jerzy Szablowski earns NIH support to research noninvasive reporters that monitor gene therapy in the brain.

Rice bioengineer seeks better signals from cells

November 10, 2022

Jerzy Szablowski earns NIH support to research noninvasive reporters that monitor gene therapy in the brain.

Rice University scientists and engineers develop programmable bacteria that sense contaminants and release an electronic signal in real time.

Bacterial sensors send a jolt of electricity when triggered

November 2, 2022

Rice researchers develop programmable bacteria that sense contaminants and release an electronic signal in real time.

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